Rekha Jhunjhunwala buys 45 lakh shares in Fortis Healthcare

Rekha Jhunjhunwala, wife of veteran investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, on Tuesday, bought 45 lakh shares of Fortis Healthcare at Rs 134.6 per share totalling Rs 61 crore through an open market transaction, data put up on NSE showed.

The identity of the seller was not known. Shares of the company fell 12 per cent in early morning trade to Rs 125.5 before recovering to close at Rs 144.4 on the NSE, up 0.48 per cent from the previous day's close.

In February 2015, Rakesh Junjhunwala had bought 34.8 lakh shares of Fortis Healthcare at Rs 119.35 per share, for about Rs